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Skriven 2010-11-22 10:27:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: 759 IN THE AIR 01121
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

I'm back.  No X-ray machines, carrying a sharp knife in my carry-on
luggage, and no seat belts.  A 6 1/2 hour trip, from Broken Hill to
Adelaide.  I paid an extra $10 to travel in the lounge car, but got
help-yourself coffee and tea, and a plate of excellent hot tarts, with
apples to freshen with.  All courtesy of Great Southern Rail.  The
travel cost to me was $8.

 GJ> Qantas has continued to have engine troubles
 ML> which makes it appear to me that it's not necessarily
 ML> just the engines but the maintenance facility.

RR services its engines.  Dunno who does the GE ones though.
 
 ML> Engine failures always get commented on when they take place on
 ML> large commercial aircraft. It's big news when a couple hundred
 ML> people, already unsupported by anything other than the laws of
 ML> physics, come close to a crunchy demise. Given that a large
 ML> percentage of these people have iPhones and video recorders,
 ML> it's completely inevitable nowadays.

That is the difference between then and now.  In the past, on several
occasions I have seen DC3s or DC6Bs coming in to land with one prop
stationary, but there was no publicity about it.  Of course it is less
obvious to the casual observer when jet is not working - unless half
the cowling is missing.  And with every passenger carrying a
photographic recording device, the airlines can't get away with trying
to ignore or downgrade the engine failure.
 
 GJ> I shall try googling those 3 words next time I am on the Internet, and
 GJ> search for you.
 ML> ...
 GJ> I did just that, and got an endless series of video clips.  Strange. I
 GJ> looked for, but couldn't find you in any of them; you would probably
 GJ> have been crouched down, protecting your breakfast Courvoisier.
 ML> I am glad that Lilli was right on that score, and it was a luncheon
 ML> Courvoisier anyhow.

Of course!  You had long finished your breakfast ones.
Why did all those passengers clap their hands?
 
 ML> Three aircraft grounded for similar problems.
 GJ> And then flown back to Singapore empty apart from nervous flight crew,
 GJ> to have engine changes.
 ML> If they were so nervous, could not the appropriately-trained
 ML> engineers and technicians been flown out to the afflicted
 ML> aircraft on something more reliable, say a 777 with Pratt
 ML> and Whitney engines?

As they wanted to change the entire engines, it was easier to take the
A380s back to where the spare engines were kept.  A Trent 900 would
probably not fit in a 777.  As it was only one engine on each of those
A380s that was leaking oil, they probably thought there was a good
chance of the other 3 getting them home without finishing up grilled
in a fireball.
 
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Singapore Satay
 Categories: Meats, Main dish
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 lb Tender beef or lamb
      4    Small red onions, chopped
      2    Large cloves garlic, chopped
      1 T  Fresh lemon juice
      1 t  Ground cumin
      1 t  Ground ginger
      1 T  Turmeric
    1/2 t  Freshly ground pepper
    1/2 t  Salt
  1 1/2 t  Brown sugar
      3 T  Soysauce
           Peanut or corn oil as needed
 
    Cut the meat into 1-inch cubes, carefully trimming away all the fat
  and gristle. Place the meat in a non-metallic container. Puree the
  onions, garlic, lemon juice, cumin, ginger, turmeric, pepper, salt,
  brown sugar and soy sauce in a blender or food processor, and pour
  over the meat. Marinate the meat at least 3 hours at room temperature
  or overnight in the refrigerator. Soak bamboo skewers in water for at
  least 30 minutes. Thread the meat cubes on the skewers, and reserve
  any unabsorbed marinade. Place an oiled grill close to the heat
  source over a wood fire or over a charcoal fire with wood chips
  scattered on top, and cook rapidly, turning and basting frequently
  with the reserved marinade or oil. Makes 4 appetizer servings or 2
  entree servings.
  
  Newspaper article, source unknown. Typed for you by Joan MacDiarmid.
 
MMMMM
 

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